A big thanks to the magnificent Grace Coddington for casting Lady Gaga as the old Witch (Hansel & Gretal) in the December issue of Vogue Magazine.  In addition, I vehemently support the resurrection of Lily Cole, as she has been one of my favorite models over the past 10 years.

See all the photos here.

Zoe: “Dude, I’m bringing back the boa.”
Olivia: “I’m bringing back the clog.”
Zoe: “Together we’ll be unstoppable.”

Vogue magazine has printed its yearly “shape issue” and has featured two of my favorite indie girls as their “SHORT” body type.  I have loved both these girls in films and in the pages of magazines but I had no idea they were best friends!  This makes them even cooler in my book.  Olivia Thirlby absolutely charmed me as a slacker in The Wackness and Zoe Kravitz simply has amazing style.  I shouldn’t be surprised at their b.f.f status.  They’re both young, uniquely beautiful, stylish, and cool without trying …. and apparently both short.  They measure at 5’3″ and considering that’s what my height chart says, I think it is time they invite me to go vintage shopping with them in NYC.

P.S. Did you know Marisa Tomei is Zoe’s godmother?

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When I recently received my issue of September Vogue I said out loud – “Not Keira Knightly again!”  I have no sort of qualms with Keira, in fact I think she is quite lovely, but I find that I am often questioning what is driving Vogue magazine to have such uninspired covers?  Since I am addressing this issue, it would also be fair to say how unattractive these covers as well!  What is going on with Keira’s hair?

While sitting down and admiring the hundreds of pages of ads, I asked myself – how many covers has Keira really been given?  Which in turn sent me on an obsessive spiral to document the past four years of banal Vogue covers.  In fact, what I discovered was astonishing.  No, not the fact that virtually almost every cover displayed a white actress slathered with an awful shade of lipstick, but rather that the cover girls (women) seemed to be playing a game of musical chairs.  Among 57 covers, there were 5 actresses who graced Vogue 3 times, and 11 actresses who smiled for the camera twice.  You do the math.  Not much representation of the diversity of actresses, models nor America at that.

Surely Vogue knows of more than 10 actresses in Hollywood?  There is no shortage of starlets, or even better, leggy models.  Anna Wintour can do better than this, can’t she?  Maybe she should give Carine a call, as Vogue Paris publishes some of the best covers the Fashion Intel has seen. Lets break it down:

1. Keira Knightley: 12.05, 05.06, 06.07, 09.08
2. Drew Barrymore: 04.05, 02.06, 04.08
3. Kate Hudson: 06.04, 07.06, 01.08
4. Nicole Kidman: 05.04, 12.06, 07.08 [also 09.03]
5. Jennifer Aniston: 08.03, 01.04, 04.06
6. Gwyneth Paltrow: 10.05, 05.08 [also 10.03]
7. Sandra Bullock: 03.05, 10.06 [also 01.03]
8. Rene Zellweger: 12.03, 02.07
9. Natalie Portman: 02.04, 03.06
10. Angelina Jolie: 02.04, 03.06
11. Charlize Theron: 10.04, 10.07
12. Kirsten Dunst: 07.04, 09.06
13. Jennifer Connolly: 11.04, 10.07
14. Cate Blanchett: 12.04, 11.06
15. Sarah Jessica Parker: 09.05, 06.08
16. Reese Witherspoon: 06.03, 11.06